Ron Santo, Joe Pepitone and Paul Popovich each drove in two runs for the Cubs to support Bill Hands' pitching in a 6-3 victory over the Braves. Santo hit singles for his RBIs, Pepitone rapped a sacrifice fly and homer and Popovich hit for the circuit with a man on base. Hands handcuffed the Braves until the ninth inning when Hank Aaron homered, Earl Williams doubled and Hal King homered. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 6, Atlanta Braves 3
Game Played on Sunday, June      6, 1971 (Day game) at Atlanta Stadium
Cubs         2  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  1  -   6 10  0
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  7  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          5   2   1   0     0   0   .267      Jackson cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Popovich 2b           4   3   2   2     1   1   .220      Garr lf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .352
Williams lf           5   0   1   0     0   0   .277      H. Aaron 1b           4   1   2   1     0   1   .294
Santo 3b              5   0   3   2     0   1   .289      Williams 3b           3   1   1   0     0   0   .222
Pepitone 1b           4   1   2   2     0   1   .313      King c                3   1   2   2     1   0   .189
Callison rf           5   0   0   0     0   0   .201      Lum rf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .185
Davis cf              2   0   1   0     2   0   .250      Staehle 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .053
D. Breeden c          3   0   0   0     1   1   .213      Versalles ss          4   0   0   0     0   1   .071
Hands p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .071      Nash p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .174
                                                            McQueen p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .100
                                                            Kelley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Evans ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
                                                            Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111

Totals               35   6  10   6     4   5             Totals               33   3   7   3     1   4

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 21,533
Left on Base: Cubs 9, Braves 5
DP: Cubs 1, Braves 0
Errors: Versalles
Doubles: Williams (4)
Home Runs: Pepitone (6), Popovich (1), H. Aaron (17), King (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Hands 2 (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Pepitone (2)
GIDP: Staehle (2)
Hit by Pitch: Williams (3,by Hands)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hands W(6-7)            9     7   3   3   1   4   2  35   3.90
Totals                  9     7   3   3   1   4   2  35

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nash L(4-4)             4.1   6   5   4   2   1   2  22   5.37
McQueen                 1.2   0   0   0   2   1   0   7   2.97
Kelley                  2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.09
Niekro                  1     3   1   1   0   1   0   6   3.59
Totals                  9    10   6   5   4   5   2  42

Passed Balls: King (6)
Hit by Pitch: Hands (1)

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Al Barlick, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to left; Popovich walked [Kessinger
to second]; Williams flied out to right; Santo singled to left
[Popovich to third, Kessinger scored]; Pepitone hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Popovich scored]; Callison grounded out (first to
pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Jackson flied out to center; Garr struck out; H.
Aaron popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 0.

CUBS 2ND: On a bunt Davis singled to third; D. Breeden flied out
to right; Hands out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Davis to second]; Kessinger flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Williams grounded out (third to first); King singled
to center; Lum popped to third in foul territory; Staehle
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Braves 0.

CUBS 3RD: Popovich popped to second; Williams grounded out
(second to first); Santo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Versalles struck out; Nash grounded out (shortstop
to first); Jackson singled to shortstop; Garr grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 0.

CUBS 4TH: Pepitone homered; Callison grounded out (second to
first); Davis walked; D. Breeden struck out; Hands popped to
third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: H. Aaron struck out; Williams was hit by a pitch;
King flied out to right; Lum forced Williams (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Braves 0.

CUBS 5TH: Kessinger reached on an error by Versalles; Popovich
homered [Kessinger scored (unearned)]; Williams grounded out
(catcher to first); Santo singled to center; MCQUEEN REPLACED
NASH (PITCHING); Pepitone forced Santo (second to shortstop);
Callison lined to second; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Staehle grounded out (pitcher to first); Versalles
grounded out (third to first); On a bunt McQueen grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 0.

CUBS 6TH: Davis walked; King allowed a passed ball [Davis to
second]; D. Breeden walked; Hands out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [D. Breeden to second, Davis to third];
Kessinger popped to shortstop; Popovich was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Jackson popped to shortstop; Garr grounded out
(first unassisted); H. Aaron singled to second; Williams flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 0.

CUBS 7TH: KELLEY REPLACED MCQUEEN (PITCHING); Williams popped to
catcher in foul territory; Santo struck out; Pepitone singled to
center; Callison flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: King walked; Lum singled to right [King to second];
Staehle grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [King
to third, Lum out at second]; Versalles flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 0.

CUBS 8TH: Davis flied out to left; D. Breeden grounded out
(third to first); Hands struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 8TH: EVANS BATTED FOR KELLEY; Evans popped to third in
foul territory; Jackson flied out to right; Garr struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 0.

CUBS 9TH: NIEKRO REPLACED EVANS (PITCHING); Kessinger flied out
to center; Popovich singled to right; Williams singled to center
[Popovich to third, Williams to second (on throw)]; Santo
singled to left [Williams to third, Popovich scored]; Pepitone
struck out; Callison flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 6, Braves 0.

BRAVES 9TH: H. Aaron homered; Williams doubled to center; King
homered [Williams scored]; Lum flied out to right; Staehle
popped to third; Versalles flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 6, Braves 3.